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- PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

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DUNCAN B. CURRY, JR., OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MISSISSIPPI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed November 19,1906. Serial No. 344,109.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN B. CURRY, J r. a citizen of the United States, residing atAgricultural College, in the county of Oktibbeha kinds of crops where an ordinary weedinghoe 1s used, and, furthermore, is particularly adapted for hoeing across the drill of the row.

A further object of the invention is to provide a weeding-hoe, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, whereby the cutting of weeds is vastly facilitated, owing to the fact that the cutting edge is positioned at an angle with. respect to the handle.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a weeding-hoe which will work with less force when hoeing on a ridge, owing to the manner in which the cutting edge is positionedthat is to say, at an angle with respect to the handle. Such arrangement when hoeing on a ridge provides for only a part of the edge being used when cutting.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hoe with one end of the blade thereof through the earth, which would not be the case if the end were square.

A further object of the invention is to connect the blade to the handle by a plurality of braces having a portion of their length bent in a short manner, so that they will be positioned lower down to the ground. By such an arrangement the braces will not break the lowerlimbs off the plants, as-would be the case if the braces had large bends, as in the portion 9 of the brace 6 is shorter than the The portion 9 of ordinary form of weeding-hoes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a weeding-110e,:in a manner as hereinafter set forth, whereby the hoe is enabled to cut through a much narrower space between hills by turning the handle to the left.

A further object of the invention is to provide a weeding hoe, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, with means whereby the blade can be adjusted to vary the pitch thereof and retained in such position after adjustment. A further object of the invention is to provide a weeding-hoe which shall be simple in its construction, strong, durable, readily ad justed, easily repaired, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention; but it is to be understood that changes, variations, and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail referonce is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters denote cor responding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hoe. Fi 2 is a top plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a per spective of one of the bases, and Fig. 4 is a detail.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 denotes the hoeblade, which is formed from a narrow rectangular strip of metallic material and has one end edge formed in a slanting manner, as at 2, to provide the blade with a point, as at 2-, and the other end edge square, as at 3. The cutting edge of the hoe-blade is indicated by the reference character l. The handle of the hoe is indicated by the reference character 5, and the hoe-blade is arranged at an angle with respect to the handle that is to say, the upper longitudinal edge of the hoe-blade is positioned to extend at an angle between ninety and one hundred and eighty degrees.

The hoe-blade 1 is connected with the handle 5 by a pair of braces 6 7, the brace 6 being shorter than the brace 7, and each of the braces is bent in a curvilinear manner, as at 8, and then depend downwardly at a slight inclination toward the handle, as at 9. The

edge 2 of the hoe-blade. The holdfast devices for securing the portions 9 and the braces 6 7 to the hoe-blade are indicated by the reference character 10. The curvilinear IIO portions 8 of the braces terminate in a twisted portion 11, so that the curvilinear portions 8 will be in alinement with one another. The twisted portions 11 of the braces terminate in the angularly-extended portions '12. These latter terminate in endportions 13, which extend in parallelism with respect to the side of the handle 5. The end portions 13 are positioned at each side of the handle and are pivotallyconnected to the handle through the medium of the attaching device 14, which is arranged in close proximity to the lower end of the handle. The end portions 13 of the braces are slotted, as at 15, so as to permit of the adjusting of the braces upon the lower end of the handle, and the said end portions 13 have their outer faces serrated or toothed, as at 16, for the purpose of engaging with a pair of corrugated or grooved members 17. The function of serrating or toothing the end. portions 13 is to cause an engagement to be had between the said end portions 13 and the corrugated or toothed members 17, so as to retain the braces 6 7 in the position to which theyhavebeen adjusted. Extendingthrough the slot 15 and the toothed members 17, as well as the handle 5, is a headed bolt 18, carrying on its screw-threaded end a nut 19, the function of which is to detachably clamp the end portions 13 to the handle 5 when the said end portions are adjusted. This manner of adjusting the braces enables the pitch of the hoe-blade to be variedfthat is to say, the lower edge of the hoe-blade is enabled to be moved toward or away from the handle, as the case may be.

Owing to the angular manner in which the hoe-blade is positioned with respect to the handle, the cutting edge will extend at an inclination, consequently facilitating the cutting, and owing to the providing of the blade with a pointed end in the manner as set forth the blade will more easily pass through the earth than would be the case if the point were not provided, or, in other words, if the end were square.

The hoe when used is pulled toward the tiller and not pushed, which will make the handling of the hoe much easier and enables one to hoe across a drill and around a plant without breaking the lower limbs, and, furthermore, the manner of setting up the hoe is extremely simple and durable and at the same time permits a repair to be made very easily, and therefore it is thought the many advantages of a weeding-hoe set up in a manner as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings can be thoroughly understood.

What I claim is 1. ,A weeding-hoe comprising a hoe-blade having a lower longitudinal cutting edge and one end pointed, a handle, and means adjust ably connected to the side of the handle and to the blade for securing the blade to and at an angle with respect to the handle.

2. A weeding-hoe comprising a hoe-blade, a handle, a pair of braces, one of said braces being longer than the other, means for securing the forward end of shorter brace to near one end of the hoe-blade, means for securing the forward end of the other brace to the hoeblade atone side of the center and toward the other end of the blade, and means for securing the rear end of the braces to the sides of the handle.

3. A weeding-hoe comprising an angularly-disposed hoe-blade, a pair of braces, means for securing one end of said braces to the hoe-blade, a handle, means for pivotally connecting said braces at a point intermediate their ends to the handle, and means for adjustably connecting the ends of the braces to the handle. l

4. A weeding-hoe comprising an angularly-disposed hoe-blade, a pair of braces, means for securing one end of said braces to the hoe-blade, a handle, means for pivotally connecting said braces at a point intermediate their cnds to the handle, means for ad justably connecting the ends of the braces to the handle, and means to prevent the slipping of the braces when adjusted.

In testimony whei eof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DUNCAN B. CURRY, JR. Witnesses: I

G. W. SMITH, H. B. DORSETT. 

